Inside the AOC
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Airmen plan and execute the air war in the European Theater inside the air operations center here. U.S. Air Forces in Europe's 32nd Air Operations Group is deploying more than 90 airmen to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in Red Flag 2003 Oct. 19 to 31. The airmen, from both rated and nonrated specialties, comprise a Falconer AOC, one of five such units in the Air Force. It is the first of its kind to deploy to Nellis to participate in the Air Force's annual airpower combat training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Kimble)